HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Oct. 4, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Walmart Associates Health and Welfare Plan, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 4, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10426, row:1565)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Walmart Associates Health and Welfare Plan, reported that a vender of its business associates (BA) experienced a cybersecurity incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 85,952 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The BA and its vendor strengthened its technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.